Places And Travel
Ibirapuera Park
Ibirapuera Park is an urban park in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil. It covers 390 acres of land and is considered to be the most visited park in South America.
Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park is located in Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the city’s largest urban parks.
10 Prettiest River Towns In America
The list below combines some of the best-known and lesser-frequented river towns in the United States, featuring various atmospheres for each taste.
Hyde Park
Hyde Park is one of the largest and most well known parks in central London. It has an area of 350 acres and is the largest of the Royal Parks.
Jog Falls
The Jog Falls is a waterfall created by the Sharavathi River and is situated in the Sharavathi valley in the dense evergreen forests of the Western Ghats.
Lumpini Park
Lumpini Park is located in Bangkok, Thailand, and offers a 142 acre green space in the centre of the bustling and extremely urban Thai capital.
Seljalandfoss
Seljalandsfoss is one of Iceland’s most spectacular and popular natural wonders. It is the country’s 26th known highest waterfall, with a drop of about 60 meters.
Ban Gioc–Detian Falls
Ban Gioc – Detian Falls is the collective name for two waterfalls that are situated on the Quay Son River.
Rouge National Urban Park
Rouge National Park is an urban park located in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The park is centered around the Rouge River.
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park is located along Lake Michigan, to the north of Chicago, in the state of Illinois. It is the city’s largest park.
Oklahoma Panhandle
The Oklahoma Panhandle constitutes the northwestern region of Oklahoma, United States. It juts out from the main body of the state in the state’s extreme northwestern corner.
Kabul, Afghanistan
Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is located in a narrow valley that is situated between the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable and suspension bridge in New York City, New York, United States. It connects Manhattan Island to the borough of Brooklyn.
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic 2.7 km long suspension bridge linking Marin County to San Francisco, California. The bridge spans the 1.6 km Golden Gate Strait.
Florida Panhandle
The Florida Panhandle is the name given to Florida’s northwest region that juts out from the peninsular part of Florida.
Torres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine National Park is located in the Patagonia region of Chile, in South America. It is considered to be one of the world’s best national parks.
Channel Islands National Park
The Channel Islands National Park consists of five beautiful Channel Islands that are situated off the Pacific coast of Southern California, United States.
Space Needle, Seattle
Space Needle is an iconic landmark in the Pacific Northwest and Seattle in particular. The observation tower provides a fantastic view of the Lower Queen View, Seattle.
Dry Tortugas National Park
The Dry Tortugas National Park is situated in Monroe County, in the US State of Florida, about 109km to the west of the Key West in the Gulf of Mexico.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is one of the most iconic buildings in the United States. It is located in downtown Manhattan, New York City, New York.
The World's Best National Parks
From the rare to the simply visually stunning, here is a list of ten of the world’s best National Parks from around the globe.
Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, also known as Iguacu Falls and Iguassu Falls, is a series of exquisite waterfalls on the Iguazu River, located on the Brazil-Argentina border.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Covering an area of 1,074.28 sq. km, the Rocky Mountain National Park is situated in the north-central part of Colorado, United States.
Tibet
Tibet is the Earth’s highest region and shares Mount Everest (the world’s highest mountain) with Nepal. It is nicknamed “the roof of the world."
Glacier National Park
Covering an area of 4,100.77 sq. km, Glacier National Park is situated on the Canada-United States border, in the northwestern part of the US State of Montana.
The Best National Parks In America
There are 63 different National Parks in the United States. This list includes some of the most iconic parks, and the most highly visited per year.
10 Most Underrated National Parks In America
This list aims to highlight some of the hidden gems of National Parks with the ten most underrated National Parks in the United States.
Central Park, New York City
Central Park is a large urban park that is situated in the Manhattan borough of New York City. It is the fifth-largest park in New York City.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Lake Geneva is a popular resort city that is located in Walworth County in the extreme southeastern part of Wisconsin, United States.
The Road Of Bones
The Road of Bones is the nickname given to the R504 Kolyma Highway in Russia due to the sad history associated with its construction.
Where Is The World's Coldest City?
Yakutsk city, located about 450 km south of the Arctic Circle, is the capital city of The Sakha Republic in Russia.
What Is An Exclave?
An exclave is a part of a country that is separated from the main part of that country by the territory of one or more other countries, as opposed to an enclave.
Sahel Of Africa
The Sahel region is a large swathe of territory in the northern part of Africa that stretches from the Atlantic coast of the continent to the Red Sea coast.
Countries That Are Enclaves
An enclave is a country that is completely surrounded by the territory of one other country. There are only three countries in the entire world that fit the definition of an enclave.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, a concrete dam along the Colorado River’s Black Canyon, was the world’s tallest dam when it was completed in 1935.
Where Is The World's Largest Waterfall?
So what is the ‘largest’ waterfall? Surprisingly, it is not on land at all, but located underwater, below the ocean’s surface.
McWay Falls
McWay Falls is an 80-foot waterfall flowing through the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along the coast of Big Sur in Central California.
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) has a rich cultural and geological history, with a wide range of endemic plants and animals.